Editing Fred Zinnemann (section)

===1960s===
''[[The Sundowners (1960 film)|The Sundowners]]'' (1960), starring [[Robert Mitchum]] and [[Deborah Kerr]] as an [[Australian outback]] husband and wife, led to more Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Kerr) and Best Supporting Actress ([[Glynis Johns]]), but won none. ''[[Behold a Pale Horse (film)|Behold A Pale Horse]]'' (1964) was a post-[[Spanish Civil War]] epic based on the book ''[[Killing a Mouse on Sunday]]'' by [[Emeric Pressburger]] and starred [[Gregory Peck]], [[Anthony Quinn]] and [[Omar Sharif]], but was both a critical and commercial flop; Zinnemann would later admit that the film "didn't really come together."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiK_3d6a7DQC&pg=PA153|title=Fred Zinnemann: Interviews|first=Fred|last=Zinnemann|date=August 3, 2018|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|access-date=August 3, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9781578066988}}</ref>

In 1965 he was a member of the jury at the [[4th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1965">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1965 |title=4th Moscow International Film Festival (1965) |access-date=December 2, 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116145645/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1965 |archive-date=January 16, 2013 }}</ref>

Zinnemann's fortunes changed once again with ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' (1966), scripted by [[Robert Bolt]] from his own play and starring [[Paul Scofield]] as [[Sir Thomas More]], portraying him as a man driven by conscience to his ultimate fate. The film went on to win six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Scofield) and Best Director, Zinnemann's second such Oscar to date. The film was also entered into the [[5th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1967">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |access-date=December 15, 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archive-date=January 16, 2013 }}</ref>

After this, Zinnemann was all set to direct an adaptation of ''[[Man's Fate]]'' for [[MGM]]. However, the project was shut down in 1969, and the studio attempted to hold Zinnemann responsible for at least $1 million of the $3.5 million that had already been spent on pre-production. In protest, Zinnemann filed a lawsuit against the studio, and it would be four years before he would make his next film.<ref name="Zinnemann dies at 89">{{cite news| url=https://www.variety.com/vstory/VR1117342690.html?categoryid=38&cs=1 | work=Variety | first1=Timothy M. | last1=Gray | first2=Richard | last2=Natale | title=Zinnemann dies at 89 | date=March 17, 1997}}</ref>